Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and finance it not by being an underpaid au pair, but by working for an American company remotely. If you know anything about American salaries, you know they are a lot bigger than European salaries, and can go a …
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Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
He’s gaming the system, and he’ll be better off for it. How many of you were told that if you worked hard and were loyal to a company for many years, you would reap significant financial benefits? If your parents or grandparents worked for a company that gave out large pensions upon retirement or had …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: ‘They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.’
Administrative job paying $17 an hour requires applicants to have a minimum 700 credit score to be hired: ‘What does my credit score have to do with checking emails and updating spreadsheets?’
That’s a pretty high standard for a job paying that little. We’re judged by numbers our whole life. We’re judged by how old we are, how much money we make, the number on the scale, and the number of zeros at the end of our bank account. But one number can determine whether we can …
Seguir leyendo Administrative job paying $17 an hour requires applicants to have a minimum 700 credit score to be hired: ‘What does my credit score have to do with checking emails and updating spreadsheets?’
Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’
She’s way too overscheduled for a high school kid. If there’s one group that is easy to take advantage of in the workplace, it’s teenagers. Sure, there might be pesky child labor laws keeping bosses from treating them like late-19th-century factory workers, but the ethos of that era still often rings true. I remember the first …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’
23-year-old employee refuses to cover her 26-year-old coworker’s shifts until she repays the $800 she lent her 15 months ago: ‘I’ve covered at least 14 of her shifts this past year, and she has never covered for me.’
She’s only paid her back $100 of the $800 she «borrowed» over a year ago. When you lend money to somebody, your relationship totally changes. If you gift your children or grandchildren a down payment for a house that you never expect to get back, that’s totally different. But if you lend them that money …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old employee refuses to cover her 26-year-old coworker’s shifts until she repays the $800 she lent her 15 months ago: ‘I’ve covered at least 14 of her shifts this past year, and she has never covered for me.’
Employee of 3 years gets promoted after an amazing performance review, only gets a 1.75% raise: ‘I’m a father of 3 trying to make ends meet’
He deserves a lot more than a raise of 1.75% Many managers wish they could give their top-performing employees a bigger raise, but that’s simply not in the budget in this economy. It’s a harsh reality right now that we are probably in a recession, but the government just isn’t willing to call a spade …
Seguir leyendo Employee of 3 years gets promoted after an amazing performance review, only gets a 1.75% raise: ‘I’m a father of 3 trying to make ends meet’
Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
In this situation, he really needed to be told to shut up. Unfortunately, we aren’t really taught how to interview for jobs in school. There are a lot of things that you’d think would be common sense not to do in job interviews, but people make the same mistakes over and over again. One of …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer tells job interviewee to shut up after he spent 5 minutes explaining his background and interrupted the interviewer 7 times: ‘John, you really have to shut up and listen.’
Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
His boss needs to dig deep and think about why he felt the need to nap on the job. There are a lot of actions and behaviors that are not considered «professional» in the workplace, and we all do some of them. I am guilty of drinking way more of the free Diet Coke in …
Seguir leyendo Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
Husband making $700K demands his wife, making $80K, earn more money, asks what she brings to the table: ‘He doesn’t cook. I do all the cooking and cleaning.’
They make more in a year than most Americans make in 10 years, and yet he’s still unhappy. For most couples, the question of whether they can afford for one of them not to work is a difficult one. Let’s say Partner A earns $50,000 and Partner B earns $85,000. If both partners work, they …
Seguir leyendo Husband making $700K demands his wife, making $80K, earn more money, asks what she brings to the table: ‘He doesn’t cook. I do all the cooking and cleaning.’
41-year-old unemployed boyfriend tells 25-year-old girlfriend who works 3 jobs he doesn’t ever want to be an employee again: ‘His mother covers all his living expenses.’
He literally brings nothing to the table, and yet he’s still eating. Nothing makes you less tolerant of lazy adults than being responsible for supporting one. If you wake up at 6 AM every day, drive an hour to work and back, and spend your whole day working hard, there’s a good chance you’ll feel …
Seguir leyendo 41-year-old unemployed boyfriend tells 25-year-old girlfriend who works 3 jobs he doesn’t ever want to be an employee again: ‘His mother covers all his living expenses.’